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He was married in Dallas county, Iowa. December 3, 1873, to Miss Laura A. Guthrie, who was born in Richland county, Ohio, August 12, 1853. Her parents came overland to Dallas county in 1854 and settled upon a farm. Her father, Francis E. Guthrie, was born in Richland county, Ohio, April 8, 1810, and died in Dallas county, Iowa, March 5, 1875. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Matilda E. Stuart, a native of New York, was born January 15, 1813, and her last days were spent in Dallas county, where she passed away February 27. 1887. There were nine children in the Guthrie family, of whom three are living : Mrs. Elinor Russell, who was born August 31, 1838, and resides in Denver, Colorado; Mrs. Anna Wallace, who was born on the 2d of March, 1840, and passed away March 29, 1891 ; Wesley, born November 20, 1842, who en- listed as a member of Company B, Fifteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, on the 15th of October, 1861, and died in the army on June 11, 1862; James Harvey, born August 4, 1844, who enlisted for service in the Union army in the Tenth lowa Volunteer Infantry and while at the front contracted the measles, from which he never fully recovered, his death taking place February 27, 1889; Sarah,
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whose birth occurred September 16, 1846, and who passed away August 22, 1849; William Scott, born July 22, 1850, who resides at Adel and serves as treasurer of Dallas county, Iowa ; an infant which died on the day of its birth-June 29, 1852; Mrs. Laura A. Woods; and George Washington, who was born April 21, 1856, and died at Denver, Colorado, on the 2d of December, 1886. All were born in Ohio except the youngest, whose birth occurred in Dallas county, where the family was reared, the sons and daughters attending the public schools near the old homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie were among the most highly esteemed pioneer residents of Dallas county.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Woods have been born three children: Lottie Evelyn, who was born August 25, 1874, and died in Peoples township, March 18, 1897; George Clyde, who was born September 22, 1878, and is residing with his parents on the farm; and Mrs. Bessie M. Chandler, who was born July 25, 1887, and makes her home in Dallas county. The last named has two daughters: Ireta, who was born in Boone county, July 7, 1910; and June, born in Dallas county, June 28, 1912. The family home is situated on section 36, Peoples township, the farm comprising sixty acres of good land which responds readily to the care and cultivation bestowed upon it. Mr. Woods also raises a good grade of live stock. His activity, however, has not been confined merely to lines contributing to his individual success. He has done much valuable work of a public character but he has never consented to hold office, although many times solicited to do so. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party, and he and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. His influence is always on the side of right, reform, progress and improvement and his worth is widely acknowledged.
HENRY FRY.
On the list of honored dead in Boone county appears the name of Henry Fry, who was called to his final rest in 1910. He was a prominent farmer and dairyman of Des Moines township, where he took up his abode in 1861, there continuing until his demise. He was born in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence county, New York, and was a son of Henry and Mary Fry. The family were wealthy farmers and dairymen of that section of the state. The parents had ten chil- dren, who were reared upon the old homestead in New York, Henry Fry hav- ing the same experiences as the others of the household. As the family were in comfortable circumstances, he did not have to face the deprivations which many a farm lad has had to meet. He was trained in the work of the fields and the dairy and continued to engage in the dairy business in the east until 1861, when he removed to the middle west, establishing his home in Boone county.
It was near Boone, in 1863, that Mr. Fry was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary J. Frampton, nee Boggs, who was born in Bellefonte, Center county, Penn- sylvania, on the 11th of August, 1831, a daughter of John H. and Catherine (Hoover) Boggs, both of whom were natives of Center county. They removed to Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and upon proceeding to the Mississippi valley settled in La Salle county, Illinois, in 1856. After a residence of five years there
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they came to Iowa, establishing their home in Boone county, where both passed away, the father dying about twenty-five years ago at the age of eighty-seven years, while the mother died thirty years ago at the age of eighty. John H. Boggs was active and prominent in local public affairs as well as in agricultural circles. He filled various county offices, the duties of which he discharged with prompt- ness and fidelity, and he was also active in church work, being a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. His daughter Mrs. Frampton was the fourth in order of birth in a family of twelve children, of whom two daughters and three sons are yet living. It was in Pennsylvania, in 1850, that Mary J. Boggs became the wife of W. E. Frampton, who died in that state on the Ist of February. 1861. They were the parents of five children, all of whom yet sur- vive: Abram E., who follows farming near Boone; John B., a passenger engi- neer on the Chicago & Northwestern, living at Boone : George, who follows farm- ing ; Mrs. W. M. Wheelock, of Boone, in which city her husband engages in merchandising; and Mrs. Frank Farron, of Long Beach, California. Mr. and Mrs. Fry became parents of two children: H. E., now a practicing lawyer of Boone; and Lillian, the wife of Warren McMahon, who is foreman of the ma- chine department for the Chicago & Northwestern.
After establishing his home in this county Henry Fry concentrated his ener- gies upon general agricultural pursuits and became the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which he brought to a high state of cultivation. His labors were crowned with success, for the practical and progressive methods which he followed in developing his farm resulted in producing good crops, for which he found a ready sale. His business affairs, too, were capably man- aged, and he became one of the well-to-do agriculturists of his part of the state. His religious faith was that of the Methodist church, to the teachings of which he was most loyal. Mrs. Fry has been a member of the Methodist church for seventy years and has lived an earnest, consistent Christian life, winning the kindly regard and respect of all. Four years have come and gone since Henry Fry passed away, but he is yet remembered by many who knew him while he was still an active factor in the world's work and who had learned to value his friendship and respect him for his genuine worth of character.
LOUIS STOLL.
It is not often that one finds at the early age of twenty-two a man as a suc- cessful manager and owner of a profitable business, but such is the case in the instance of Louis Stoll, a young business man of Boone, who is the proprietor of Stoll's Bottling Works. He has not only built up a profitable trade in soft drinks, such as high grade soda waters, ciders and other temperance beverages, but has also an important wholesale business, jobbing in crushed fruits, concen- trated syrups and grape juice. He also handles liquid gas for bars and soda fountains and is agent for a sweeping compound.
Mr. Stoll was born December 3, 1891, on a farm in Harrison township, Boone county, his parents being Henry and Catherine (Hagge) Stoll. The for- mer was born on the Ioth of November. 1839, in Mecklenburg, Germany. He
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received a public-school education and assisted with the farm work on his father's farm until 1867, when he sailed from Hamburg to New York. He arrived in the eastern metropolis with his wife and one child in the fall of that year and went direct to Chicago. He obtained work on a farm near Blue Island, Illinois, and was so engaged for a period of two years, after which he assumed the entire management of a farm in the same locality. This remained his home for seven years, after which he removed to Harrison township, Boone county, arriving in 1876. He purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land, for which he paid nine dollars an acre. He cultivated this farm for fifteen years and then sold it, buying one hundred and sixty acres also in Harrison township. He remained upon that place for ten years, giving his attention to its cultivation, but upon the expiration of that period removed to Boone because of failing health. He at first rented his land but has since sold it and is living in quiet retirement. He was married in Germany to Miss Sophie Mindermann, by whom he had two sons and two daughters, the daughters both passing away in infancy. August also died as an infant and Carl was called to the home beyond when a young man of twenty-six years and a resident of Boone county. Mrs. Stoll passed away in 1877 and Mr. Stoll subsequently married the mother of our subject, also a native of Germany. Her parents died in the fatherland and she came to the new world with a brother. Four children were born to the second union : Elvina, now Mrs. Diedrich Mock and the mother of four children ; Mathilde, who married William Doering, a well known farmer of Boone county ; Louis, the subject of this review; and a son who died in infancy. The father is a member of the German Lutheran church, while his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. He has never desired public office but has always manifested a laudable public spirit, being willing to aid in any worthy project.
The boyhood of Louis Stoll was passed upon the father's farm and in the acquirement of his education he attended the country schools and those of Boone. He began his primary education under instruction from Miss Sarah Duffy and completed his lessons under Professor Jarelzke in Boone at the age of eighteen years. During vacations he assisted his father with the work on the farm, but in 1900 the latter and family came to Boone, where Mr. Stoll continued his education, employing his vacations by accepting work in the bottling works of Ed Seling. In 1907 he became a regular employe of the firm and in 1912 was enabled to buy out Mr. Seling, becoming the owner of a well established business. In 1913 he began the erection of his present building, which was completed in 1914. Mr. Stoll has been most successful in pursuing his business affairs, being buoyed by a youthful enthusiasm which has helped him to overcome many difficulties. His business judgment, however, is well defined and would be a credit to a man of many more years. Mr. Stoll is an aggressive young man, eager to make a success and win for himself a sub- stantial place in the community. Yet he is considerate of the interests of others and in every possible way promotes the welfare of his community. He is not only already on the threshold of success but is well upon the way to financial independence.
On January 7, 1913, M1 Stoll married Miss Helen Frank of Boone county and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Frank. Louis Stoll is a member of the Lutheran church and his wife gives her adherence to the Catholic faith.
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He is a democrat and thoroughly in accord with the ideas and aims of that party. Mr. and Mrs. Stoll reside at No. 1222 Marshall street in Boone and are popular among the younger set of Boone's society. Both are esteemed and appreciated as courteous, pleasant-mannered, affable people who are an adorn- ment to any social gathering.
PETER L. HASSTEDT.
Peter L. Hasstedt has been very successful in his farming operations and now derives tribute from a well cultivated property of two hundred and forty acres, situated on sections 34 and 35. Amaqua township. Boone county has reason to be proud to number him among her native sons. He was born in Des Moines township, February 9, 1872, and is a son of John and Geshia ( Brossie) Hasstedt, who were natives of Germany. The father came to America in early life and remained for a time in New York, where he was employed in a sugar factory. He afterward made his way to the middle west, settling in Rock Island, and some time afterward came to Boone county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming. He purchased land in Des Moines township, which he improved and cultivated, continuing to carry on general agricultural pursuits there until his death, which occurred on the IIth of May, 1903. Indolence and idleness were utterly foreign to his nature. He worked persistently and energetically as the years went on, and the result of his labors was seen in splendidly tilled fields. He had long survived his wife, who died in January, 1877.
Peter L. Hasstedt was reared and educated in Des Moines township. He was but five years of age at the time of his mother's death. He afterward re- mained with his father and was trained in all of the work of the farm, so that he had practical experience to aid him when he started out in business life on his own account. On attaining his majority he sought employment as a farm hand and spent four years in that way. He afterward worked for one year in the railroad shops at Boone, but, thinking to find agricultural life more con- genial, he then rented land in Des Moines township and began farming for himself. After three years he removed to a place near Ogden, where he lived for a year, and on the expiration of that period took up his abode upon his present farm as a renter. He continued to lease the property until 1912, when he purchased the place and is, therefore, today the owner of one of the excellent farms of the county, comprising one hundred and sixty acres on section 34 and eighty acres on section 35, Amaqua township. He has wrought many changes in the appearance of his farm through his practical methods of developing the fields and also through the buildings he has erected and the manner in which he keeps everything about the place in good repair.
On the Ist of February, 1899, Mr. Hasstedt was married to Miss Annie M. Hagge, a daughter of Hans and Catherine (Kuhl) Hagge. Mr. and Mrs. Has- stedt have five children: John F., fourteen years of age; Minehart H., aged thirteen; Emil E., ten years; Dora C., nine years; and Josephine G., a little maiden of six summers. Mr. Hasstedt exercises his right of franchise in sup- port of the men and measures of the republican party. He and his family attend
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the German Lutheran church, in which he holds membership. His has been an active and well spent life, and he deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. He is, indeed, a self-made man and whatever he has achieved is the result of his well directed labors. He early recognized the eternal prin- ciple that industry wins and industry became the beacon light of his life. He also recognized the fact that ambition tauntingly plays before the dreamer, but yields the fruits of success to the man of persistent, earnest purpose. Working on year by year he has utilized his time and opportunities to good advantage and is now one of the substantial and highly respected farmers of Amaqua township.
WILLIAM PALMER.
Throughout Boone county are found many evidences of the skill and handi- work of William Palmer, now a retired brick layer and contractor. He became connected with business of that character in Boonesboro in 1866 and for the past thirty-five years has been in Boone. He assisted in the erection of many of the substantial structures here, including the courthouse, which was built in 1867. Close application and well developed powers made him an expert work- man, and his allegiance to the terms of a contract that was awarded him became proverbial.
Mr. Palmer came to the middle west from New England. He was born in Plainfield, Windham county, Connecticut, June 22, 1834, his parents being Henry and Caroline (Dorance) Palmer, who continued in Connecticut until called to their final rest. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, died in the winter of 1835-6. In the family were but two sons, the brother of our subject being George H. Palmer, who was born in 1833 and is now occupying the old home- stead in Connecticut.
William Palmer left home at the age of seventeen years and started upon a whaling cruise, which left New London, as "fo' castle boy." Later he became a regular hand and followed the sea for five years. He was upon other vessels, handling timber and other commodities along the Atlantic coast and also engag- ing in mackerel fishing. He was a strong, healthy boy and greatly enjoyed his sailor life. While a sailor he was wrecked on the Bay of the Holy Cross off the coast of Asia, but managed to get aboard another vessel and was taken to the Sandwich islands, where he remained for a month in care of the American consul. He then shipped on another vessel to California and made his way back in a schooner loaded with potatoes. Then by another ship he sailed around Cape Horn and eventually returned home. He finally quit the sea at his mother's request and made his way westward to the Mississippi valley. It was in the year 1856 that he arrived in Marion, Linn county, Iowa, where he began learning the brick layer's trade. In 1859 he went to Denver and in the spring of 1860 made his way to Hannibal, Missouri, where he was working at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. Mr. Palmer watched with interest the progress of events in the south and as the situation became more and more alarming his spirit of patriotism grew. In 1861 he went to Muscatine, Iowa, where on the
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3Ist of August, 1861, he enlisted for service in the Second Iowa Cavalry, with which he remained for thirty-seven months and three days, at the end of which time he was honorably discharged. Although frequently in the very center of a battle he was never injured during his long service, managing to escape un- harmed, though he often faced a rain of rebel lead. He was made a corporal and was mustered out as such in October, 1864.
Mr. Palmer returned to Marion, Iowa, and followed farming in Linn county for a year. In May, 1866, he arrived in Boone county, having made the journey on horseback from Linn county. From that time forward he was connected with the trade of brick laying either as employe or employer. For years he was a partner of William A. Austin, who now resides on a fine farm at Wildcat Grove in Linn county. That partnership existed for three years, at the end of which time Mr. Austin returned to Linn county, after which Mr. Palmer re- mained alone in business until he retired from active life about ten years ago. In the meantime he gradually advanced until he conducted a most extensive business as a contractor. He assisted not only in the building of the courthouse in 1867 but in the erection of many of the buildings in the fifth ward and other places in the city and county of Boone. His expert workmanship was a recog- nized fact and, moreover, it was well known that he was thoroughly reliable in all of his business dealings. At length, having acquired a substantial competence as the result of his years of close application and capable business management, he retired and through the past decade has spent his days in the enjoyment of a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves.
Mr. Palmer was married at Marion, Iowa, in 1867, to Miss Sarah J. Scott, who was born in Knox county, Ohio, a daughter of Hugh N. and Sarah A. (Madden) Scott, the former a cabinetmaker and carpenter. Her father came to Iowa in 1853, settling at Marion, where he purchased land and carried on general agricultural pursuits until his death. His wife passed away during the period of the Civil war. They were the parents of three children, and one son is now engaged in farming in Linn county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have been born six children, Boone being the birthplace of all. Harry D., the eldest, is married, and is now conducting a rooming and boarding house at Sparks, Nevada, where he is also engaged in the real-estate business. Corace has secured a claim at Hereford, Arizona, near the Mexican border, where he is now living. Frances is the widow of O. M. Carpenter and a resident of Pasadena, California. Nellie is the wife of Karl C. Kastberg, city engineer of Boone and superintendent of the water works, by whom she has one son, Matthew Palmer Kastberg. Net- tie, twin sister of Nellie, is now in Des Moines. Anna M. is the wife of Andrew Schroeder, owner of a grocery and meat market in Boone, and they have one son, William Palmer Schroeder.
Mr. Palmer built his first home at old Boonesboro and later erected his present fine residence at No. 315 Story street in Boone. His political indorsement is given to the republican party. and for one term he served as councilman but has not been an office seeker. He belongs to W. C. Crooks Post, No. 329, G. A. R., and is affiliated with the Masonic fraternity. He was initiated into the order in Linn county in 1866 and is probably the oldest member of Mount Olive Lodge, F. & A. M., of Boone. His three daughters, Mrs. Kastberg, Mrs. Schroeder and Miss Nettie, are members of the Order of the Eastern Star and the first two are
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also members of the Progress Club and other social organizations and of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. The family attend the Methodist church, although Mr. Palmer was reared a Congregationalist. He has reached the ven- erable age of eighty years and is a well preserved man mentally and physically. His life history has presented many noble phases of character, which constitute the source of the high regard in which he is uniformly held.
FREDERICK JACKSON BYINGTON.
Ambition, determination and close application are the qualities by which Frederick Jackson Byington has reached an important position in the railroad world at a comparatively early age. He is now superintendent of the western division of the Northwestern Railroad Company with headquarters at Boone and has been connected with that road for twenty-four years. He began his railroad career as a messenger boy in the Northwestern office at Rochelle, Illinois. There he was born September 3, 1876, his parents being Albert and Mattie (Bull) Byington. His paternal grandfather lived in Connecticut and was a mechanic. The family were Puritans and of English descent. The father, as a young man, migrated to the middle west and was married in Byron, Illinois. He had re- ceived a good common-school education in Ithaca, New York, and was on intimate terms of friendship with Cornell, the founder of Cornell University. He took up pattern-making in Rochelle, Illinois, and operated one of the first iron foun- dries there, shipping his castings to Chicago, something which was not thought of in those days by other manufacturers. He remained in that business for many years and then retired, now living with our subject. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, yet not strictly denominational, forming his own ideas in regard to religious teachings. He is a stanch republican and his views are in accord with the aims and purposes of that party. His wife died in 18SI at the age of thirty-five years. To them were born the following children: Glenn, a contractor of Rochelle, Illinois; Dean, who married Florence Heffler and is a manufacturer of brushes in Aurora, Kane county, Illinois ; and Frederick Jackson.
The last named attended the public schools of Rochelle until thirteen years of age, laying there a good general foundation for his career. He then became a messenger boy in the railroad office of the Northwestern, learning telegraphy there. When fourteen years of age he was an operator, being located in Oak Park, Cook county, Illinois, for one year, after which he made a tour through the west, southwest and Mexico, acting as telegraph operator during this time. At seventeen he was made train despatcher on the Milwaukee division of the Northwestern, which responsible position he filled to the satisfaction of his superiors. He spent three years there and was then transferred to Belle Plaine, Iowa, in the same capacity. After a year he was removed to Chadron, Nebraska, and was subsequently stationed at Evanston, Wyoming ; Pocatello, Idaho; North Platte, Nebraska; Ashland, Wisconsin; Oshkosh, Wisconsin; and Fond du Lac, that state. In all these cities he acted as train despatcher and came in that capacity to Boone in 1902. He was night train despatcher and day chief de- spatcher until January, 1910, when he was sent to Baraboo, Wisconsin, as assistant
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superintendent, remaining in that city in that position until January, 1913, when he returned to Boone as superintendent of the western division of the North- western Railroad. He has since discharged the duties of this very important office and stands high in the confidence and esteem of the directors and high offi- cials of the road. He is a useful and trustworthy railroad man and a public- spirited citizen, much interested in the progress of Boone and ever ready to give his support to worthy enterprises of public character.
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